New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-09

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After several hours of deliberation the jury
in the case of Adolph Reich brought in ver-
dict of murder in the first degree. No other
result seemed possible from the evidence.
The prisoners story that he killed his wife
in self-defence was incredible on its face, and
the Recorder had no alternative but to show
The jury in the dearest and most convincing
way the flimsiness of the defence.
The commencement season is now fairly
opened, and for the next month the air will be
filled with the interesting Exercises Of
tho graduating classes. Columbia had her
festival yesterday and as will be seen by
the account of it published on the second
page. it was made memorable by o
new and significant feature, For the first
time in tho history of the college bachelors
degree was conferred upon woman while
four other women were awarded certificates
for proficiency Commencement week at the
University of the City of New York begins to-
day, the commencement exercises taking place
next Thursday.
Never was a more indefatgable letter writer
than our worthy Mayor, and his epistles never
lack pith or point He is now engaged in the
highly cOmmendable work of stirring up some
Of the Police Justices with sharp stick. He
could hardly be better engaged, and II he keeps
it up vigorously New York will see sadly
needed reforms in the police courts. Brutal
ruflians in patrolmen's uniforms, policy-dcal-
els, keepers of faro banks, booksellers, breakers
of the Excise law, and "heelers'' with q
Ispull D have been treated with far too much
leniency and indulgence In some Of these
places of injustice. The suest and promptest
way of purifying these courts is to jerk the
political pull d" out OF every one of them.
Go ahead, Mayor Hewitt
The suspension of obstruction tactics is the
first result of Mr. Parnells return TO West
minister. Signs Of restlessness have multiplied
In the Gladstonian column while Mr.. Hcaly
has been leading the Irish l)arty and blocking
the course of legislation. Obstruction may be
a popular policy in Ireland but it tends to
,meiudice English constituencies against tho
cause of Home Rule. Nothing can be gained
for the island by prolonging unduly the debate
over the Coercion bill, when its final passage
has been decreed by the Unionist majority
Unimportant amendments are now to he
dropped, and the opposition to the measure
concentrated upon few fundamental amend
ments. The Homo Rule party will BIO strength
encd by this change of tactics. 1t may have
its own bin in committee within few years.
and certainly win not like to have ID opposed
inch by inch by Unionst minority as tho
Coercion bill has been fought.
The French Government is not satisfied with
Sir Drmmond VOLTS compact with the
Sultan respecting English evacuation of Egypt.
1t has given formal notice TO Europe that it
cannot assent TO the convention except as a
basis for future negotiation. If the treaty
was framed for the purpose of removing grounds
for French jealousy, it has proved signal
failure But evidently this was not the motive